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them, and especially to Mx, C. L. Jackson, one of the Directors, 
who gave an interesting explanation of the principles on which 
the Aquarium was constructed. The thanks of the Society are 
also due to those noblemen and gentlemen who have opened 
their grounds to the Members on their various excursions. 
The Society has been exceedingly fortunate as to weather for its 
excursions; on one occasion only was the day obliged to be 
changed, owing torain. The attendance has been invariably good. 
A Conversazioné was held at the Town Hall on the 19th 
October, 1875, when a large and beautiful collection of the 
fungi of the neighbourhood was exhibited. We owed many of 
these to the indefatigable labours of Mr. J. Price and other 
friends; and the value of the collection was considerably en- 
hanced through the kindness of the Rev. H. H. Hicerns, who 
came over early in the day and named most of the specimens, 
giving us, during the evening, an interesting and explanatory 
address. Besides the microscopes shewn on this occasion by 
our own Members in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, 
we had the assistance of some of the Members of the Liverpool 
Microscopical Society, and two of the London microscope makers, 
Mr. Croven and Mr. Swirr. We were joined also by the 
Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club and the Wrexham Society of 
Natural Science, who, after making the tour of the City, under 
the guidance of Mr. T. Hucues, F.S.A., and Mr. SHrussoxy, 
and taking tea at the Albion Rooms, spent the evening at the 
Town Hall. The evening seemed to be thoroughly enjoyed, and 
the attendance of our own Members was even larger than on 
former occasions. The Committee take this opportunity of 
thanking the Mayor, T. Q. Rosurts, Esq., for placing the 
Town Hall at their disposal. 
Our Society also had the privilege of attending another Con- 
versazioné, held by the Wrexham Society, on February 15, 1876, 
when about 40 of our Members were present, some of them taking 
microscopes and exhibiting objects of interest. The evening 
was a great success, and an additional proof of the prosperity of 
the already well-established and flourishing Society at Wrexham. 
